The landscape is growing increasingly murky as we approach year-end Briefly looking back at 2010, we saw much of the economic recovery peaking in May. Since then, most indicators have hit a plateau or are growing more slowly than expected. While we have seen bright spots in seasonal retail sales and consumer spending, merchants have
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This is a Marathon NOT a Sprint As we write this market update the capital markets remain in a state of flux. We see “ebbs and flows” and market increases followed by market losses. We see three potential risks to the capital markets at this time. China China is aggressively attempting to hold-off inflationary pressures
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The stock market swings of this week are evidence about not only the volatility of the stock markets, but also the potential fragility of the current levels. The markets reacted negatively to the news that China had raised interest rates unexpectedly, only to rebound the very next day. Nothing changed in China, yet 24 hours
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Investors appear particularly eager to put the rough summer months behind them. They are latching onto any positive news and translating that into a stock market rally, at least for the past two days. Is this a welcome relief and a change in direction? Quite simply, no it is not. The stock market perception is
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At the time of this writing the broad markets are down over 2% (source WSJ.com). The recognition by the Federal Reserve that the recovery is weakening has further confirmed our outlook. In fact, it is likely that none of our readers were surprised by the Fed’s comments and actions yesterday. The declines in the stock
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July 6 Lowe Wealth Advisors conference call with Morris Segall If you missed the conference call with Morris Segall and Lowe Wealth Advisors July 6th click here to listen. The call is about 35 minutes in length and discusses the economic conditions, capital markets and Lowe Wealth Advisors strategies. Note: The call is intended to be informational in
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July 6 Lowe Wealth Advisors conference call with Morris Segall If you missed the conference call with Morris Segall and Lowe Wealth Advisors July 6th click here to listen. The call is about 35 minutes in length and discusses the economic conditions, capital markets and Lowe Wealth Advisors strategies. Note: The call is intended to be informational in
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July 6 Lowe Wealth Advisors conference call with Morris Segall If you missed the conference call with Morris Segall and Lowe Wealth Advisors July 6th click here to listen. The call is about 35 minutes in length and discusses the economic conditions, capital markets and Lowe Wealth Advisors strategies. Note: The call is intended to be informational in
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Important Note About Gold Holding: The gold holding held in some of our client portfolios announced a 10 for 1 share split. The share split will not change the economic value of the shares of the holding. You will simply own more shares, but each share will be worth less. If you hold the gold
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Update from Harold Lowe: Over the past 6 months we have been providing you with updated information regarding my health. Unless something else unexpectedly develops, this is intended to be the final update that we will be sending. The reason it will hopefully be the final update reflects the results of the PET/CT scan that
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